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In their own words
Thirty participants in the 2009 Ted Scripps Leadership Institute explain what SPJ means to them. See what they have to say.
Professional and student SPJ chapter leaders from around the country met in Indianapolis June 5-7 to participate in the Ted Scripps Leadership Institute. Funded by the Scripps Howard Foundation, the weekend is a chance for incoming chapter leaders to meet and develop their leadership skills.

Participants learned more about their individual leadership styles by completing a DiSC assessment facilitated by Jeffrey Cufaude of Idea Architects. Topics such as fundraising, recruitment and leadership roles were covered in a series of small group sessions. A final seminar on chapter goal setting was held on the last day.



After the welcome dinner on Friday evening, President Dave Aeikens delivered the State of the Society address and invited participants to engage in a Q&A session with executive board members. The participants then had the chance to mingle with an outing to a duckpin bowling alley.





2009 Scripps Leadership Institute Graduates

NameChapter
Jeff AchenMinnesota Pro
Lilliam Albizu-CamposUniversity of Miami
Samantha AllenIthaca College
James AndersonColorado Pro
Daniel AxelrodKeystone Pro
Stephanie BartramMarshall University
Carrie BuchananCleveland Pro
Laura ButlerEastern Kentucky University
Sarah Bzdega-WelchIowa Pro
Theodore CharlesPacific Lutheran University
Diana De RosaPress Club of Long Island
Elenora EdwardsEast Tennessee Pro
Nic GarciaMetropolitan State College of Denver
Jordan GilgenbachMinnesota State University, Mankato
Laura HancockUtah Headliners
John HigginsLipscomb University
Mai HoangWilliam O. Douglas Pro
Melanie HoffmanWest Virginia University
Chartis IvyUniversity of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
Kevin KemperCentral Ohio Pro
Tamara KentGreater Oregon Pro
Alyssa KruseCalifornia University of Pennsylvania
Christine MakarUniversity of South Florida
Tanya MannesSan Diego Pro
Brian MartinWyoming Pro
Andrew MinegarWestern Michigan University
Kelsey MirandoUniversity of Missouri
Rachel NielsenNew York Deadline Club
Kim NorvellIowa State University
Sergy OdiduroSouth Florida Pro
Stephen OrbanekDuquesne University
Lilianna OustinovskayaCalifornia State University Northridge
James PilcherCincinnati Pro
Kelley Bruce RobinsonColorado State University
Andrew SeamanWilkes University
Robyn SiderskyUniversity of Central Florida
Hilary SizemoreChicago Headline Club
MaryJane SlabyIndiana University
Arianna SouriUniversity of La Verne
Matt StanleyAlabama Pro
Colleen StewartWestern Kentucky University
Emily SweeneyNew England Pro Chapter
Vanessa TaitUniversity of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Kelsey VolkmannSt. Louis Pro
Cindie YanowSoutheast Missouri State University
Stephen YorkLouisville Pro
Caroline YoungFlagler College
Ann ZaniewskiDetroit Pro

 

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Journalism Education Committee Chair
Jeff South
Associate Professor
VCU School of Mass Communications
Bio (click to expand) picture Jeff South was state editor and database editor at the Austin American-Statesman before heading to academia in 1997 under the mistaken impression he’d have summers off. He is an associate professor in the School of Mass Communications at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he teaches news writing, legislative reporting, communications technology and media ethics. South has served as a trainer for SPJ, IRE, AP and other organizations. He frequently conducts workshops on, and writes about, computer-assisted reporting, online journalism and media convergence. In 2003, South was awarded a fellowship from the American Society of Newspaper Editors to work at The Charlotte Observer. In 2007, he will serve a six-month Knight International Press Fellowship in Ukraine. For more than 20 years, he was a reporter and editor in Texas, Arizona and Virginia for newspapers such as the Dallas Times Herald, the Phoenix Gazette and The Virginian-Pilot. He also served two years with the U.S. Peace Corps in Morocco.

Lee Anne Peck, vice chair
Assistant Professor
School of Communication
Journalism and Mass Communications
University of Northern Colorado
Bio (click to expand) picture Lee Anne Peck has taught English, journalism, and communications courses since 1988. Most recently she was an assistant professor of international communications at Franklin College Switzerland, Lugano. Over the years, she has advised three student newspapers.

Peck's professional experience began in 1976 as a correspondent for the Moline Daily Dispatch. After graduating with her bachelor's degree, she edited and then managed the regional Choice Magazine of the Front Range. In the mid-1980s, she edited and wrote for publications in Indiana and Delaware; she has worked for the Fort Collins Coloradoan as an editor, a columnist and writing coach and for the Rocky Mountain News as a copy editor. Peck has also worked at the Tampa Tribune's online product, Tampa Bay Online, and for Microsoft's online publication, Denver Sidewalk. Peck began free-lance work in the late 1970s and continues to do free-lance editing, writing, and public relations work.

Her research focuses on all aspects of media ethics. She received a Fulbright to teach journalism at the University of Dubrovnik in Croatia fduring spring semester 2007.

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